HMS Flirt.

On This Day in 1916 the Royal Navy destroyer, HMS FLIRT was sunk by German destroyers as she was assisting another vessel.

On the night of 26/27 October 1916 the German Navy raided the Dover Barrage with two and a half flotillas of torpedo boats and destroyers. Flirt under the command of Lieutenant R. P. Kellett responded to gunfire from the drifter line. She found the drifter Waveney II on fire and sent a boat to assist. When unidentified ships approached she issued a challenge and was immediately fired upon by the Germans. Flirt was lost; the only survivors were those dispatched to aid Waveney II.

HMS Flirt was a Palmer three funnel, 30 knot destroyer.

She was awarded the battle honour "Belgian Coast 1914 – 15" for her service.